versifier [
'vә:sifaiә]
n. 诗人, 将散文改成韵文的人, 拙劣诗人
versifier[ noun ]
a writer who composes rhymes; a maker of poor verses (usually used as terms of contempt for minor or inferior poets)
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Versifier \Ver"si*fi`er\, n.
1. One who versifies, or makes verses; as, not every
versifier is a poet. --Dryden.
2. One who converts into verse; one who expresses in verse
the ideas of another written in prose; as, Dr. Watts was a
versifier of the Psalms.
- Doubtless he was, as they told me, a roisterous soul and dubious versifier.
- This is a reference to the German, Fritz Haber, who was a prolific versifier and is here shown developing chemical weapons.